Aisha Glover has nearly 20 years of experience as a convener, champion and agent for economic empowerment and social responsibility. Aisha serves as the Vice President of Urban Innovation at Audible where she works to develop innovative solutions to equitably and purposefully exemplify what a company can mean beyond what it does. She's worked in Audible's headquarters city of Newark, NJ for the past five years serving as the President & CEO for the Newark Alliance and Invest Newark. In both roles, she worked in partnership with Mayor Ras J. Baraka and oversaw a range of innovative and community-focused economic development initiatives for the state's largest City--Newark. Ms. Glover led the city's bid to attract Amazon for the selection of its second headquarters, shortlisting them as one of the top 20 locations. Her work helped position Newark as a major destination city, strengthened the small businesses ecosystem, supported a thriving entrepreneurial base and led the attraction of corporations, investors and developers. Prior to joining the Newark team, Aisha served as the VP of External Affairs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, the nonprofit organization that manages the Brooklyn Navy Yard, dubbed the nation's model for job creation and industrial development. There, she oversaw strategic partnership development, community engagement, public affairs and fundraising and played a key role in supporting the Yard’s growing economic development initiatives. Ms. Glover's impact at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was informed by her tenure at the Center for the Urban Environment, New York City’s largest provider of environmental education programs. There, she led a team that furthered the Center’s environmental justice and education initiatives, helped create the first urban chapter of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies and was instrumental in launching the borough’s first and largest green event addressing issues of environmental access and justice.